The ICAOT and ICMT operate and maintain an information and education center for education of the professional and lay public in the historical development, current state of the art, and future development of artificial organs and organ transplantation during the last twenty years.

Collections

ICAOT Artifact Collection, predominantly 20th century

More than 2,000 artifacts

The ICAOT is located in Cleveland, Ohio in recognition of the city's pioneering role in the development of artificial organ technology and operated under the trusteeship of the International Society for Artificial Organs. The ICMT, a subsidiary of the International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation, displays artifacts from the ICAOT collection in exhibits located at the George Bush Heart Center and Cullen Pavilion of Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas.

The ICAOT collection focuses on cardiovascular prostheses, oxygenators, artificial kidneys, among other related artifacts in the history of artificial organ developments. Artifacts have been grouped under the following subheadings:

Artificial Blood

Blood Pressure Determination

Blood Pump, Finger

Blood Pumps, Piston

Blood Pumps, Roller

Blood Transfusion

Bloodletting

Heart, Artificial (Total Heart)

Heart, Artificial Assist Devices

Heart Valve Prosthesis

Hemofiltration

Hemoperfusion

Implants, Plastic, etc.

Kidney, Artificial (Hemodialysis)

Organs Preservation

Oxygenators, Capillary

Oxygenators, Centrifugal

Oxygenators, Bubble

Oxygenators, Rotary Disc

Oxygenators, Membrane

Oxygenators, Spiral

Oxygenators, Hollow Fiber

Plasmapheresis

Miscellananeous

Video Tapes

An inventory listing is available from the ICAOT head office in Cleveland.